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    Cottage at the crossroads

    Garden to Table

    Learn how to grow vegetables like tomatoes and cucumbers, can and preserve high-quality ingredients from your garden, and make delicious recipes all year round.

    • A garden journal with dividers and tabs
      How to Set Up a Garden Journal
    • Wooden garden obelisks
      DIY Wooden Garden Obelisk
    • Growing cucumbers in raised beds
      Growing Cucumbers in Raised Beds
    • Discbound notebook
      Discbound Notebooks (My New Love)

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    • Four delicious lazy mom dinner dishes.
      21 Lazy Mom Dinner Ideas for a Stress-Free Mealtime
    • Four delicious, fun and unusual dinners.
      29 Fun & Unusual Dinner Recipes for a Creative Meal
    • Four delicious dishes from the great depression.
      37 Recipes From The Great Depression for a Filling Meal
    • Four delicious side dishes for chicken pot pie.
      11 Side Dishes for Chicken Pot Pie Everyone Will Love
    • Four side dishes for ravioli.
      17 Side Dishes for Ravioli That Complement Italian Feasts

    Gardening

    There is no better time to start gardening, growing your own tomatoes, and planting cucumbers in raised beds. The rewards are fantastic!

    • Our best tomato plants are celebrities
      How to Grow Your Own Tomatoes
    • Aerial photo of the garden at the crossroads
      Planting a Spring Garden
    • Best tomato plants
      Choosing the Best Tomato Plants
    • Soil test bags
      After the Soil Test, What Next?
    more gardening

    Canning

    Canning is one of the easiest methods to preserve large amounts of food. Imagine having 100 jars of homemade canned spaghetti sauce on hand.

    • Homemade spaghetti sauce featured
      Homemade Canned Spaghetti Sauce
    • Sweet cucumber relish - featured
      Sweet Cucumber Relish
    • Zesty bread and butter pickles
      Zesty Bread 'n Butter Pickles
    • Spicy pickled okra
      Homemade Spicy Pickled Okra
    more canning recipes

    Recipes

    A collection of farmhouse recipes gathered and perfected over 3 generations. Fresh ingredients from our garden inspire these fantastic recipes!

    • How to cook beef pot roast | cottage at the crossroads
      Mom's Beef Pot Roast
    • Grated sweet potato pudding
      Grated Sweet Potato Pudding
    • Creamy cauliflower soup
      Creamy Cauliflower Soup with Sausage
    • Pulled pork with root beer barbeque sauce
      Pulled Pork with Root Beer BBQ Sauce
    more recipes

    Do It Yourself

    Do it yourself projects are popular around our cottage. I always work on crafts and wreaths, while my husband works on yard and garden projects.

    • Cutting strips of fabric to make a rag wreath
      How to Make a Rag Wreath
    • Easy to make fabric hearts
      Easy to Make Fabric Hearts
    • Wooden garden obelisks
      DIY Wooden Garden Obelisk
    • How to disguise a freezer with a skirt
      How to Disguise a Chest Freezer
    more diy projects

    Jane @ cottage at the crossroads

    We're Jane and Leo!

    Thanks for stopping by! We're renovating and preserving our family's 100 year old home place where we garden, complete a few DIY projects, and do some cooking. Please leave us a comment so that we'll know that you were here.

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    • A garden journal with dividers and tabs
      How to Set Up a Garden Journal
    • Wooden garden obelisks
      DIY Wooden Garden Obelisk
    • Sweet cucumber relish - featured
      Sweet Cucumber Relish
    • Growing cucumbers in raised beds
      Growing Cucumbers in Raised Beds

    Gardening How-tos

    • Best way to remove weeds from large area
      Best Ways To Remove Weeds From a Large Area
    • Potting mix vs. Potting soil
      Potting Mix vs. Potting Soil
    • How to dry and store fresh garden herbs
      How To Dry Herbs
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      Instant Pot Canning Basics

    Growing Vegetables

    • Fall vegetable garden | cottage at the crossroads
      Our Fall Vegetable Garden
    • Garden and yard may 2013 132
      Evolution of a Garden
    • Growing lettuce in containers
      Growing Lettuce in Containers
    • Growing white pumpkins
      White Pumpkin Update

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    Jane @ Cottage at the Crossroads

    We're Jane and Leo!

    Thanks for stopping by! We're renovating and preserving our family's 100 year old home place where we garden, complete a few DIY projects, and do some cooking. Please leave us a comment so that we'll know that you were here.

    about →

    Reader Favorites

    • A garden journal with dividers and tabs
      How to Set Up a Garden Journal
    • Wooden garden obelisks
      DIY Wooden Garden Obelisk
    • Sweet cucumber relish - featured
      Sweet Cucumber Relish
    • Growing cucumbers in raised beds
      Growing Cucumbers in Raised Beds

    Gardening How-tos

    • Growing tomatoes from seed to garden
      Growing Tomatoes From Seed To Garden
    • Best cucumber companion plants
      Best Cucumber Companion Plants Reviewed
    • Bee on a cactus zinnia
      The Benefit of Flowers in a Vegetable Garden
    • How gardeners can prevent the spread of invasive pests
      How Gardeners Can Help Prevent the Spread of Invasive Pests

    Growing Vegetables

    • Growing white pumpkins
      White Pumpkins for Fall, Anyone?
    • Veggies from the garden 006
      Vegetable Garden Tour
    • Planting potatoes
      Planting Red Potatoes and Early Peas
    • Raised beds
      Fall Garden Update

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